The ghost baby was really obedient. Seeing Wei Xunâs resolute attitude, the ghost baby huddled in Yu Heanâs arms and didnât move. It seemed that it was time. Miao Fangfei and the others heard the festive music ring out again but this time, no one hesitated. They sang along softly with the music, and the male and female voices mixed together, sounding surprisingly pleasant.
âDonât be irked because the wine glass is empty. Iâll pour you a glass of washing on the third day wine.â
âFirst, I wish that the baby will be healthy and strong, safe from diseases, and wonât usually cry and make a fuss.â
âSecond, I wish that the baby will be bold, will not be afraid of the darkness, and will sleep soundly.â
âThird, I wish that the baby has a good appetite and will not lack food.â
âFourth, I wishâŠâ
âFill your heart with satisfaction. Songs are not intoxicating, but human feelings are intoxicating.â
As the washing on the third day wine song, which was full of blessings, played, the figures of the ghost babies became lighter and lighter. They nestled in the touristsâ arms and closed their eyes, appearing to be asleep with calm and serene appearances. The song grew fainter and fainter, just like the figures of the ghost babies. Miao Fangfei was still in the position she used to hold the ghost baby, but the baby in her arms had disappeared.
As the song played, the babies faded, heading towards reincarnation. It seemed that small spots of light fell into the washing on the third day wine glasses, causing the clear liquor to glitter slightly.
[After drinking the washing on the third day wine, your esteemed self will have a vision of a fatal danger your esteemed self will face]
Shi Tao suddenly clenched his glass and his eyes lit up. It was not only him, and when the other tourists saw the prompt, their faces showed joy. For the people like Miao Fangfei who were âfavoredâ by the ghost babies, the washing on the third day wine in their glasses would allow them to have three visions of a fatal danger.
After hearing this, Miao Fangfei and the others didnât feel joy. Instead, they felt their hearts sink. It was not a good sign to get such props before they experienced the third scenic spot. This meant that the third scenic spot would be very difficult.
[Beep, the second scenic spotâs attractions are completed!]
[Peach-Wood Talisman attraction, 85% completed]
[Task reward issuanceââ]
[Your esteemed self has received 1000 points]
[Your esteemed self has obtained a peach-wood talisman]
[Name: Peach-Wood Talisman]
[Quality: Unique]
[Function: Hides your aura for half an hour]
[Note: When you meet with danger, stuff the peach-wood talisman into any water bottle, and you will be able to completely hide your aura.]
[Washing on the third day custom attraction, 95% completed]
[Task reward issuanceââ]
[Your esteemed self has received 1500 points]
[Your esteemed self obtained has an abacus prepared by Pingping]
[Name: Abacus Prepared by Pingping]
[Quality: Unique]
[Function: If you encounter an enemy when carrying the abacus, the enemy will attack your companion first]
[Note: The abacus makes the monster think you are smarter. Smart people are harder to deal with, so the monster will know to pick on an easier target.]
[Washing on the third day wine attraction, 90% completed]
[Task reward issuanceââ]
[Your esteemed self has obtained 2500 points]
[Your esteemed self has obtained a cup of special washing on the third day wine]
Not only did Miao Fangfei and the others get cups of wine, but it took Wei Xun by surprise when he also got a cup of washing on the third day wine. He lifted the small glass cup and smelled the wineâs light aroma.
[Name: A cup of washing on the third day wine demanded by the ghost baby from Pingping]
[Quality: Scene (It can only be used on this tour. You canât bring it out from this tour)]
[Function: It can help you avoid a fatal danger]
[Note: The ghost baby likes you very much. Although Pingping wants your esteemed self to accompany her child to reincarnate, the ghost baby wants your esteemed self to live.]
âAh, Pingping, you are such a cruel woman.â
Wei Xun sighed. âPingping wants you to accompany her child to reincarnate.â To translate this honestly, it meant she wanted Wei Xun to die. But instead of being angry, Wei Xun was joyous.
It seemed that he wasnât the only one to regard Pingping as a good opponent. Pingping also valued him very much!
âPingping, I like you more now.â
Wei Xunâs confession was heard by Lin Xi, who approached his side. Lin Xiâs smile stiffened and he started doubting his beauty countless times.
Had III-9âs tastes really changed?!
Lin Xiâs heart sank. He thought about Miao Fangfei, and thought of Pingping again. He thought he could obtain III-9âs love again when he became stronger, but now it seemed that he had to go for plastic surgery before he could obtain it?
âGuide III, should we head to our next attraction?â
Lin Xi was bothered and fell silent. Wang Pengpai smiled as he asked his question. It was the fourth day, and it was 8 p.m. now. The six days and five nights tour was finally coming to an end, and there was only one scenic spot left. The tourists who had just completed the washing on the third day wine attraction and relaxed a little, felt nervous again because of this.
However, Wang Pengpai behaved differently.
Wei Xun looked in his direction and found that Wang Pengpai was standing behind Yu Hean, and he was within ten meters of Wei Xun. If Yu Hean hadnât been there, he would have been closer. Moreover, Wang Pengpaiâs attitude had obviously changed. Previously, he wouldnât have taken the initiative to ask this type of question.
What was Wang Pengpai trying to do?
âYes.â
Wei Xun looked at Wang Pengpai, his eyes brimming with encouragement.
Come on, bigwig tourists must be better at stirring up trouble, right? He should quickly come at him.
Wei Xun sincerely hoped that Wang Pengpai could bring him more stimulation and wouldnât let him down.
âNow, we have reached the third scenic spot.â
III-9âs words caused Miao Fangfei and the othersâ hearts to tremble. They were focused on keeping their guards up and looked around. However, they found that the music that had disappeared with the ghost babies rang out again, and it was getting louder and louder. It seemed to be approaching them from all directions.
âNo, the voice has changed!â
Lin Xi, who was more sensitive to the changes in the music, panicked, and Miao Fangfei also found that something was wrong. The music was mainly composed of a melodious bamboo pan flute, mixed with the noisy sound of oboes and gongs. The instruments were being blown or played, and lyrics were being sung. The music sounded like the type of music played when a bridegroom escorted the bride to her wedding.
âThe old man under the moon tied a red string and arranged an engagement five hundred years agoâ
âUnder the orders of the number one scholar, we blow the oboes and beat the gongs to welcome the newlywedsâ
The bridegroom was escorting the bride to her wedding!
But amid the festive and lively drum music, there was a faint, sad cry. The sound of crying and the music were intertwined, staining the festivity with an ominous melancholy. The cry was intermittent, and it came from behind them. Zhao Hongtu was given a shock and immediately looked back, and saw that Mourning Streamâs vigorous black flowing waters had disappeared. He was currently in a villageïŒ
The singing accompanied by crying came from a house beside him. A great sense of crisis surged into his heart, but Zhao Hongtu found that he couldnât control his body and walked towards the house! He was frightened and tried to struggle, but nothing worked. He walked to the window step by step.
Through the half-open window, Zhao Hongtu peeped into the room. A beautiful red shadow was sitting by the bed, humming sadly.
âMother, your daughter has goneâââ
âPlanting a peach tree in a foreign village, as branches and leaves grow under the scenery of flowers and the rising sun.â
Itâs the Leaving Mother song!
Miao Fangfeiâs heart moved when she heard the song. She had checked a lot of information related to the customs of the Xiangxi tribes before the tour had started. In addition to checking the traditions of the Miao tribe, she had also checked the customs of ethnic minorities such as the Dong and Tujia tribes in Xiangxi. Many tribes had a tradition of âcrying marriageâ before their daughters got married. The more emotional and the more heartstrings they tugged when they cried, the more filial the daughters of their family would be.
The woman in the house was singing the Leaving Mother song of the Dong tribe!
âWhen the peach tree bears fruit, Iâll come back to see my parents.â
The song was very pleasant to the ears. Even if it was sung when the woman was sobbing, the song touched peopleâs hearts and was poignant. After hearing the song, a strong sense of reluctance and grief took root in Miao Fangfeiâs heart. She empathized with the woman in the house who did not want to get married and did not want to leave her parents.
âSnip, snipâ
The only drawback was that the woman in the room was cutting something while singing, and the monotonous snip of the scissors affected the singing. The scene appeared even more bizarre under the dim light. Miao Fangfei pinched the webbing between the thumb and the index finger of her right hand and the pain woke her up. Then she looked at the woman who was cutting something by candlelight, singing as she wept. Somehow, Miao Fangfei suddenly felt a sense of incongruence in her heart.
Where was it? Where did the sense of incongruence come from?
Miao Fangfei, who calmed down, took the opportunity to search for information and wrote down all the things she could see in the womanâs room. Finally, her eyes fell on the bride. Although the bride had her head lowered, she could imagine how beautiful she was from her beautiful and quiet posture and her fingers that were as slender as green onions. Her snow white skin appeared more delicate and beautiful against her red clothes, and she was more charming than flowersââ
That isnât right!
Miao Fangfei suddenly realized that a traditional Dong tribe wedding dress was not red!
Drip, drip.
The sound of water droplets was overshadowed by the singing and the scissors could only be detected after listening carefully.
âHer resentment is too great.â
Wang Pengpai tsked as he said, âGoodness gracious, sheâs worthy of being a spiteful ghost.â
His eyes fell on the brideâs hands. What she was cutting with scissors was not clothes, but realistic-looking paper people. The scissors cut down on the paper manâs neck, and blood gushed out, dying her wedding dress red.
Without him being aware of it, the singing voice halted. Wang Pengpai looked up at the woman in the room. He saw her beautiful eyes brimming with tears, but there was no sadness in them. Her dark gaze only contained hysterical madness and hatred.
âSnipâ
When the scissors fell, Wang Pengpai felt a pain from his neck and when he touched it, there was blood on his hand. It seemed as if he had become the paper man cut in Pingpingâs hand, but Wang Pengpaiâs head didnât fall off. The spiteful ghost Pingping cut it again, but Wang Pengpaiâs head still didnât fall off.
Even if Pingping had unsealed a layer of her power, with Wang Pengpaiâs prowess, he didnât have to be afraid of this spiteful ghost.
âDonât worry, you canât cut off my head. Iâm here to send someone over to you.â Wang Pengpai thought soundlessly. His bloody hand fished something out from the pocket of his trousers and wiped all of the blood on a doll which appeared similar to a voodoo doll.
With a mere glance at the doll, anyone would know that the appearance of this straw doll was somewhat similar to that of III-9!
[Name: Voodoo Doll No. 1]
[Quality: Amazing]
[Function: It can force the target to be teleported to the same location as the owner of the voodoo doll, and it can be used 1/3 times]
[Note: Perhaps, this is what empathy feels like, hehe]
Although Wang Pengpai could easily deal with III-9, he was a tour guide after all. Due to the rules of the Travel Services, Wang Pengpai had to take greater care. And there was also that man behind III-9. Wang Pengpai had already undone some of the seal on his power. In case his identity was exposed, that man should have ordered III-9 to leave the tour ahead of time. That would cause things to go out of control.
But with the voodoo doll, Wang Pengpai could forcibly drag III-9 into the attraction of the third scenic spot alongside himself. As long as he entered an attraction set up by the Travel Services, he could only fully experience the attraction before he could leave. Finally, Wang Pengpai could easily sweep III-9 away with the blackish-gold climbing rope.
Wang Pengpai would never be careless again after his previous defeat.
[Someone has used a voodoo doll on your esteemed self, and your esteemed self will be pulled into the attraction]
âWang Pengpai, great job!â
Wei Xun, surprised, praised Wang Pengpai. He was wandering around Cordoned-off Village as a lonely tour guide who couldnât enjoy the attraction. But suddenly, an irresistible force dragged him to a house. Wei Xun wouldnât refuse such an offer. He opened the window and looked at Pingping, who was sitting on the bed and cutting the paper manâs head.
âSnip.â
Wei Xun doesnât know if he was imagining things, but Pingping seemed to suddenly use more force to cut the paper manâs neck. Wei Xunâs neck felt cold and when his hand touched his neck, it was covered in blood.
âItâs truly awesome for me to be able to enter an attraction.â
Wei Xun expressed that he really appreciated Wang Pengpaiâs actions!
âIt wasnât easy for me to enter here. Besides, who would want to leave this place?â Wei Xun sighed as he commented. Because his livestream screen was still blocked, he casually took out something the size of a thumb. It was a gold token. He looked at the small gold characters on the token.
[III-9 must immediately withdraw from this tour. This is the masterâs orders.]
âIII-9 has nothing to do with me, Wei Xun.â
This was what appeared in Wei Xunâs hand when he had just been dragged away by the voodoo doll. It seemed that someone had sent it in from outside the tour. III-9 truly was part of a certain force, and his identity might be very special. After all, props that could drag someone out from a tour would definitely be very expensive.
âSell it.â
Wei Xun boasted, âIâm a good tour guide. How can I escape?â
Just now, Wei Xun commented that he had nothing to do with III-9 and in the next second, he sold what others had given to III-9.The gold token disappeared from his hand, and Wei Xunâs points suddenly increased by several zeros. Before he could count the huge amount of points he had earned, the snipping of the scissors sounded. Wei Xunâs neck felt cool again and this time, his head fell off.
The scene he saw when his head fell was really strange. The instant his head fell, Wei Xunâs vision was scarlet, as if it was swallowed by a sea of blood.
At the same time, a voice sounded in the ears of all the tourists.
[The last attraction of the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour, Crying Marriage]
[The past has reappeared. This is a flashback of Pingpingâs life, at the last scenic spot!]
Her life should be in this order: getting married, having children, and dying. But the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour re-enacted Pingpingâs tragic life in reverse.
Marriage was the starting point of Pingpingâs tragedy.
âBrother Ah Cheng, Brother Ah Cheng.â
The girlâs whispers woke Wei Xun up from the darkness. He opened his eyes and saw a beautiful sixteen year old girl who was delicate as a flower and as refined as precious jade, dressed in traditional tribal clothing. She was very beautiful, but her eyes were red, as if she had just cried. Seeing Wei Xun, the girl clenched her hands and her beautiful eyes were tearful. It seemed that she was reluctant to give him up, but the look in her eyes appeared firm.
âBrother Ah Cheng, we canât be together.â
When the girl spoke those heartless words, she took off the silver bracelet on her wrist with trembling fingers and stuffed it into Wei Xunâs hand.
âTake back this silver bracelet and give it to your future lover.â
Wei Xunâs mind started working. He understood what had happened in the past and what role he was playing.
Hey, he arrived at the perfect timing. Wasnât he playing the person who Pingping liked!
Seeing that the girl wanted to pull her hand away, Wei Xun turned his hand around and held her hand tightly. He sincerely spoke:
âPingping, letâs elope!â
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Pingping: ??
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Iâll take a step back for today. Iâll have an extra update tomorrow, mua!